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==Further references==
==Further references==
On the S side [of the square} squeezed by the [[Town House]], the  
"On the S side [of the square} squeezed by the [[Town House]], the  
diminutive late C19 Baronial <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Covenanter Bar</span>. ...  
diminutive late C19 Baronial <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Covenanter Bar</span>. ...  
<span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Covenanter Hotel</span> is dated 1771 on a gable window; on the front, Roman Doric doorpiece with a swagged frieze.<ref>[[Gifford, Fife|Gifford, ''Fife'']], page 220.</ref>
<span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Covenanter Hotel</span> is dated 1771 on a gable window; on the front, Roman Doric doorpiece with a swagged frieze.<ref>[[Gifford, Fife|Gifford, ''Fife'']], page 220."</ref>
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To be sold by private bargain that property in Falkland belonging to Robert Jackson, and situated near the Cross, consisting of the Commercial Inn, with a well frequented shop, and good cellar, eight stall stables, gig house, barn, hay and saw lofts, also three dwelling houses, and a stable and byre adjoining the former. Offers to be given to Mr. Charles Gulland, Town Clerk, Falkland or Robert Jackson, the proprietor, by the 15th September [1838].</ref>''[[Queen Victoria]]'', page 4.</ref>
"To be sold by private bargain that property in Falkland belonging to Robert Jackson, and situated near the Cross, consisting of the Commercial Inn, with a well frequented shop, and good cellar, eight stall stables, gig house, barn, hay and saw lofts, also three dwelling houses, and a stable and byre adjoining the former. Offers to be given to Mr. Charles Gulland, Town Clerk, Falkland or Robert Jackson, the proprietor, by the 15th September [1838]."<ref>''[[Queen Victoria]]'', page 4.</ref>
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13 June 1903: Advertisement<br>
"13 June 1903: Advertisement<br>
Commercial Hotel. Falkland.
Commercial Hotel. Falkland.
John Angus, Proprietor.<br>
John Angus, Proprietor.<br>
FIRST CLASS ACCOMMODATION FOR VISITORS.
FIRST CLASS ACCOMMODATION FOR VISITORS.
PICNICS AND EXCURSIONS CATERED FOR.<br>
PICNICS AND EXCURSIONS CATERED FOR.<br>
The above Hotel is provided with every convenience, including a Large Hall adjoining Hotel, specially Erected for Excursion Parties; also, Four Bedrooms, Parlour, and Kitchen, with W.C.<ref>[[Playfair and Burgess]], page 76.</ref>
The above Hotel is provided with every convenience, including a Large Hall adjoining Hotel, specially Erected for Excursion Parties; also, Four Bedrooms, Parlour, and Kitchen, with W.C."<ref>[[Playfair and Burgess]], page 76.</ref>
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The Covenanter Hotel featured in the ''Outlander'' television series as "Mrs Baird’s guesthouse", Inverness.<ref>[https://www.nts.org.uk/stories/outlander-filming-locations NTS: Outlander filming locations]</ref>
The Covenanter Hotel featured in the ''Outlander'' television series as "Mrs Baird’s guesthouse", Inverness.<ref>[https://www.nts.org.uk/stories/outlander-filming-locations NTS: Outlander filming locations]</ref>

Revision as of 17:13, 10 March 2021

Building summary
Name Covenanter Hotel
Address High Street (or The Square), Falkland
Postcode KY15 7BU
Other names Commercial Hotel
Date 1771
OS grid ref NO252073
Latitude & longitude 56°15'11"N 3°12'27"W
Listing Category B
Listing ref LB31278

The Covenanter Hotel (previously the Commercial Hotel) is an hotel in Falkland.

It takes its current name from the Covenanters, a presbyterian religious movement in the 17th century.

HES listing details[1]
Address/Site Name

Covenanter Hotel (Formerly Commercial Hotel), High Street

Description

Dated 17RBEB71 2-storey 3-window snecked rubble with painted margins, raised quoins, Roman doric columned doorpiece with swagged frieze; scroll-skews, slated. Eastern extension small 2-storey baronial with crowstepped gable and turret c 1870

Statement of special interest

Cobbled area in front. Category A section of larger group (cont).

Extensions

The hotel now incorporates, as its eastern extension, the Covenanter Bar, previously a separate establsihment.

Former residents

John Angus (early 20th century)

Further references

"On the S side [of the square} squeezed by the Town House, the diminutive late C19 Baronial Covenanter Bar. ... Covenanter Hotel is dated 1771 on a gable window; on the front, Roman Doric doorpiece with a swagged frieze.[2]


"To be sold by private bargain that property in Falkland belonging to Robert Jackson, and situated near the Cross, consisting of the Commercial Inn, with a well frequented shop, and good cellar, eight stall stables, gig house, barn, hay and saw lofts, also three dwelling houses, and a stable and byre adjoining the former. Offers to be given to Mr. Charles Gulland, Town Clerk, Falkland or Robert Jackson, the proprietor, by the 15th September [1838]."[3]


"13 June 1903: Advertisement
Commercial Hotel. Falkland. John Angus, Proprietor.
FIRST CLASS ACCOMMODATION FOR VISITORS. PICNICS AND EXCURSIONS CATERED FOR.
The above Hotel is provided with every convenience, including a Large Hall adjoining Hotel, specially Erected for Excursion Parties; also, Four Bedrooms, Parlour, and Kitchen, with W.C."[4]


The Covenanter Hotel featured in the Outlander television series as "Mrs Baird’s guesthouse", Inverness.[5]

Notes

Gallery

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